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Carolin President Of Clemson Gets LL. D. Received Ph.D. From Johns Hopkins In 1897 The University of South Caro lina will confer the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws on Dr. E. W. Sikes, president of Clemson Col lege, at the commencement exer cises June 7. Dr. Sikes was born on a fari in Union County, North' Carolina, the fourth of ten children, in 1868. His mother always wanted him to be come a minister. While he was still a babe, she would show him to the neighbors and say, "See my preacher baby." After a few years in graded school, young Sikes entered Wake Forest College. He received his master's degree there in 1891 and then entered Johns Hopkins Uni versity. He was awarded the d gree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1897. While he was at Wake Forest, Sikes was a member of that col lege's first football team. He still has many a pigskin yarn which will fascinate any present day fan. On receiving his Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins, Dr. Sikes -returned to Wake Forest as professor of his tory and political science. Later he became dean of the college. He taught there until 1916 with the ex cel)tion of the year, 1910-1911, when he served a term in the North Carolina Senate. 'In 1916 he was chosen president of Coker College. Dr. Sikes was named president of Clemson College late in 1924 and assumed his duties there July 1, 1925. In that year he was also gov ernor of the North and South Caro lina Kiwanis Clubs. Undcr the administration of Dr. Sikes Clemson has become an ac credited college, has added approxi mately two million dollars worth of buildings, and is now recognized as one of the nation's best colleges. The new buildings added during his fourteen year administration include Riggs Hall, a well equipped engi neering building, the Long agricul tural building, five new barracks, new dairy barns, and ~a new textile building. In 1900 Dr. Sikes married Miss 17cs The.World of Today looks to you hopefull Today you receive th relatives, your teach< you climb to the top Tomorrow you may : that bestows its prais itself shares in . . . acl Youth is yours . .. y the driving.force tha This, with your educ forth and conquer. Many are the proble zeal, and the knowi will help you master Many are the rebuffs ful days-but they a: to test your mettle. You will succeed beca you to succeed . .. NEEDS you to succe Columbia, the city th as her own for the pa to each of you the ye to offer. aTo Dr. E. W. Sikes Ruth Wingate, daughter of the late Dr. Washington Wingate, former president of Forest College. Their otily son, Walter, is connected with the United States Department of Agriculture and their daughter, Jandt, is a student at the Richmond School of Social Work. At present Dr. Sikes is a mem ber of the South Carolina State Library Board, the State Rural Electrification Commission, the South Carolina State Commission of Forestry, and Moderator of the Saluda Baptist Association. The president is author of "From Colony to Commonwealth," "Na thanael Macon," "James Iredell," "Talleyrand, the Diplomat," "The Confederate Congress," "Joseph Hewess," "Sketches in Biographi cal History of North Carolina," and "The First Constitution of North Carolina." He is joint author with W. M. Kenner of "The History of North America" and "The Growth of the Nation-1837 to 1860." ---. . ". Delegates To Go To Y.M.C.A. Meeting Eight men will represent thlA University of South Carolina YMCA at Blue Ridge on June 8-15, according to R. G. Bell, secretary. They are: George Coleman, Hubert Harman, Jimmy Wilson, Dan Hollis, Tom - McCutchen, Jimmy Galloway, A. C. Lyles, Jr., and Jim Simpson. sees you graduate .. . ti y for Inspiration and L( e plaudits of your friei ~rs and the townspeop] in scholastic attainmei receive the plaudits of e and rewards for accoi iievements that bring I outh's ideals . . . you t fortifies your ambitioi ition, is glorious equipi ms you will face . .. b edge you have so ea them and reach new f: you will encounter, esj re surmountable stones use the world wants " indeed, the world ed. at has claimed you st few years, wishes ry best that life has IEC Confer College Presider Attitude Toward Middletown, Conn. - (ACP) - People officially and unofficially connected with collegiate athletics have recently had much to say for and against the subsidy of college athletes. What is being said unof ficially is interesting, but the goings on in official circles is more so. The records of the Natonal Inter collegiate Athletic Association meet ings reveal much argument over the pros and cons of subsidy, until at one meeting a man came along with a new idea. He was Pres. James L. McCon aughy of Wesleyan University who says he is in favor of a laissez-faire attitude toward proselyting and paying athletes. He would like to see each college allowed to carry out their athletic program in their own way. Boys Not Harmed Dr. McConaughy brushes away the sentimental smoke and hits the "Y" Distributes Questionnaire To Students A questionnaire concerning the religious life of students is now be ing circulated by the University of South Carolina YMCA. The University is trying to bring to the campus some 10 to 15 out standing experts in various phases of religion and life during the next semester. This program will be financed by the Federal Council of Churches. One of the conditions of this ven ture, set py the Federal Council, is that the University make a survey of the campus thought in order to determine what type of men and women will be needed for the Insti tute,.and to find the religious needs of the campus. R. G. Bell, secretary of the YMCA, said that they were get ting the required information easily, but that it wnuld be some time be fore the results could determined. On the questionnaire are ques tions relating to church member ship and attendance, religion as a factor in personal decisions, habits of persona! worship, philosophy of religion, religious knowledge, re lationship between men and women, attitude toward the Bible, Chris tianity, economics, and war. -/'39 1e World of Tomorrow adership. 1ds, your family, your e who have watched at. the work-a-day world nplishments the world enefits to all mankind. th's courage . . . and 1s. nent with which to go at youthful spirit and rnestly struggled for, eights of attainment. pecially in these event scattered in your path IT Y Honora t Is In Favor ( Proslytizing An nail on the head when he says, "If an institution decides to proselyte to secure a football team, and pay them in any way as players, it does this becLuse it believes that the as sets outweigh the liabilities of this program." He clearly shows that presidents of different types of colleges are now facing situations which make athletic subsidation a wise policy for their particular institutions. He also clearly shows that there are college presidents for whom a non subsidizing policy is most suitable. Long overdue in realms of ath letic thought is his following gen eralization: "We don't expect all institutions to be alike in other matters; why should we expect it of athletic programs?" He points out that in no other phase of colle giate activity do any two colleges use exactly the same tactics. Camera Club Holds Exhibit Group Expands After A Year With two exhibits on display, one in the Richland County library and one in the Student Union lobby. The Carolina Camera club is now an established organization on the campus. The Camera club was founded at the beginning of the year with Courtney Carson being elected first president. At first the club met twice a month, but with interest growing higher, the club decided upon every Tuesday as a meeting time. The Jewel Box, Inc. "Columbia's Progressive Jewelers" We solve your greatest prob lem-your gift problem 0 1605 Main St. Phone 7929 OF Lry Dei )f Laissez-Faire I Paying Athletes Brush Away Sentiment Dr. McConaughy asks, "Have we the right to insist that a college student ceases to be an amateur athlete if his ability in any way helps him financially to get through college?" The boys are certainly not harmed by the aid received in recognition of athletic ability. The college, donor of the aid, is not harmed or the administration would discontinue the policy. No other college need be harmed by the sub sidizing policy of the institution in question for they need not maintain athletic relations with one another. He has no quarrel with those col leges which wish to maintain a non subsidizing plan, in fact, he is now presiding over such an institution, but he sees no reason why such colleges should presume to impose their system upon colleges of an entirely different nature. The second semester saw Ray mond Davis elected President. Snapshot contests were held with the Garnet and Black putting up prize money for the best set of pictures. Later the members of the club decided on two contests a month but with the school year rapidly drawing to a close time was limited and only two contests were held. The Camera club had the oppor tunity of hearing several noted men in this field at meetings held dur ing the semester. Some of these were Mr. A. C. Taylor, President of the Columbia Camera club and Mr. J. E. Spratt, former president of the same club. The club alse had the pleasure of hearing Prof. A. C. Carson, of the University faculty. McGREGOR'S DRUG STORE 1308 Main Street PRESCRIPTIONS SODA - CIGARETTES TOILET ARTICLES Id I a ej e Uall 2-3308 For Prompt Delivery Service COL ;ree O 5i Wardlaw Ends Radio Clinic George Sherrill, and Samuel Der rick, of the University of South Carolina, and George A. Buchanan, editor and publisher of The Columbia Record, were interviewed by Frank Wardlaw, of the Uni versity of South Carolina News Service division, in the last of a series of programs conducted by the South Carolina Problems clinic last Friday night. The topic of dis cussion was "Operation and cost of law enforcement in South Caro lina." The South Carolina Problems clinic will be resumed over WIS next September. Most major national sororities en gage in some sort of philanthropic work among the poor and under privileged. 0 While Rome burned, Nero I cool in sandals like these. Actu they have more breeze than leat] Today, making history as the seas4 smartest loafer. Soft, white gladi cal. Walk-Over ROMEO. $4.oo WALK Saxon-Culk 'A I I l ieamsas Iv UM : Page Three 1 Sikes Ferrell Gets Dropped With 'E' Dr. C. M. Ferrell of the Univer sity of South Carolina history de partment, in a letter to the Regis trar's office, was last week asking what he must do to be reinsated on the University faculty. Dr. Ferrell had received a notice from that office that "C. M. Ferrell is to be dropped with grade E." He wrote back to the same office asking what was necessary to be reinstated on the faculty-must he "see the president of the University, file a petition to the governor, or must it be an act of the legisla ture?" Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute stu dents recently cornered the faculty experts with student-written techni cal questions in a program of the MA4N #1054p 4NRO ~E4T MY2 ept ally ier. )h,s tor OVER n Shoe Co. Ai -/,~'